Actually cold today, with leaden skies and an insistent wind.

All nine screens employed over the summer (a relatively small percentage of windows in this house) were hauled down, lowered through exterior basement tornado door, and replaced by nine storm windows—which had to be hauled up (more like work), washed (a lot like work), and hoisted back up onto washed (a lot like work) windows that the screens formerly overlaid.

But, even though it was a lot like work, it is part of our annual fall ritual, and we (mostly) enjoyed it. Plus, on the plus side, conditions inside the house are more pleasant, and the furnace runs less frequently.

Actually glad to see that cold weather is still possible.